Suppose that
is a strictly increasing sequence of positive integers such that the sub-sequences
and
are both arithmetic progressions. Prove that the sequence
is itself an arithmetic progression.
Proposed by Gabriel Carroll, USA
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Suppose that $s_1,s_2,s_3, \ldots$ is a strictly increasing sequence of positive integers such that the sub-sequences $s_{s_1},s_{s_2},s_{s_3},\ldots$ and $s_{s_1 + 1},s_{s_2 + 1},s_{s_3 + 1},\ldots$ are both arithmetic progressions. Prove that the sequence $s_1,s_2,s_3, \ldots$ is itself an arithmetic progression.
Proposed by Gabriel Carroll, USA
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